Essential University Physics: Volume 1 (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 16 - Exercises and Problems - Page 300: 57

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We know that $Q_{water}=-Q_{copper}$ $m_{water} c_{water}\Delta T_{water}=-m_{copper}c_{copper}\Delta T_{copper}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $(1.0)(4184)(25-20)=(m_{copper})(386)(300-25)$ $m_{copper}=0.20Kg$
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